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How-To: Clean Out Your Gutters
Hopefully, you've already begun your Spring cleaning and downloaded my Spring cleaning checklist. While you're at it, don't forget to give the exterior of your home a scrub down, in addition to the interior. One place that's always unkempt after a long Winter is your rain gutters.
How-To: Patch a Gutter Leak
Unless you live in a perpetually dry desert where it never rains, I bet you enjoy an occasional rainstorm pounding on your house. It's all fun and games and cozy on a Friday night, when you've got nothing to do but watch a scary movie. That is, unless you've got a leaky gutter that leaves your house with water damage.
Casa Quickie: A Softening Rain Chain
Danny Seo recently shared a wonderful tip on his blog to keep water from rushing out of your gutters too quickly, and I had to share. "Just connect a chain to the downspout of your gutters and let the rain slowly and gently trickle all the way down the chain," he says. The softening rain chain creates a beautiful sound when the rain dances down the chain, adding a sweet musical element to your home.
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Open House: Least Favorite Fall Chores
Once the season turns, it's time to compile, and check off, all of those necessary Fall chores. From sweeping out gutters to raking up leaves, there's no end to the tasks that need attending to. My least favorite Fall chore is actually scheduling appointments with handymen and carpenters.
How-To: Stay Safe During a Wildfire
Since the breakout of the August wildfires north of Los Angeles, at least 53 buildings have been destroyed, and 4,300 people have been evacuated. As of this writing, more than 12,000 homes are under threat.
While some families have been reluctant to leave their homes, in the end, your home is just a house.
Link Time!
- Grow a gutter garden.— AT:SF
- Check out British stylist Sara Emslie.— Desire to Inspire
- Invest in colorful, cool organic pillows.— Re-Nest
- It may look like wallpaper, but it's really tile.— Shelterrific
- Discover the homeowner perks in the stimulus package.— This Old House
- Learn a little about art investments.— PointClickHome
Casa Capsule: The Week That Was
- Take a tour of Danny Seo's green and chic home.
- Meet noted designer couple Charles and Ray Eames.
- Learn how to curb water use when it counts.
- Find out where you can get a pool table like Jennie Garth's.
- Here's a few ways you can shop green at the grocery store.
- Be inspired by Chanel's dimensional blooms.
- Get to work and clean your gutters.
- Decorate your home like Lady GaGa's wild costumes.
Link Time!
- You'll flip over this fabulous dining room.— Sfgirlbybay
- Create your own custom holiday card with Dwell.— Design Milk
- Parsons is offering an MFA program in Interior Design.— UnBeige
- John Robshaw is having a NYC sample sale this weekend.— Style Court
- Find a perfect pie pan for your Thanksgiving party.— YumSugar
- Hey boozehound! Need a bar stool? Here's a few dozen.— Design*Sponge
- It's almost 2009.
How-To: Protect Your Family and Home From a Wildfire
As most of you probably know, California has been ravaged by fires this Summer. As I write this, one of my friends awaits evacuation notice at her Southern California home, and several others are keeping a close watch on fire patterns in their area. Fire scares me — it is erratic and unpredictable and frighteningly fast.
Casa Verde: Collect Your Rainwater
Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, we've been deluged with rain all Winter long. Most of this rain simply spills across the pavement and gutters and gets funneled back into the sewers. However, smart homeowners in this area put all of this water to work for them by saving it in rain barrels.
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